Grand disque illuminé et psychédélique, le premier album des fils spirituels du Beta Band.

Django Django defy description. Trying to pin down their sound is akin to the old fairground game of whacking plastic moles with a hammer. The minute you think you’ve got it another one of the fuckers pops up. Within the first 20 minutes of this joyous, surreal album the band have shoehorned cosmic disco, dubstep bass wubs, Beatles harmonies, Spaghetti Western guitars and stomping glam rock rhythms into some riotous sense of order. It shouldn’t make sense. Styles explode into each other- the looping tropical disco of Zumm Zumm giving way to the delicate fireside folk of Hand ...

Artist: Django Django Album: Django Django Hails From: UK Release Date: January 30, 2012 Featured Track: “Default” Gotta thank my UK music pal Christian for turning me onto this one.  As an avid fan of The Beta Band, I was … Continue reading →

Django Django opens like a tribal video game, revs up to the happy dancing of ‘Hail Bop’ then launches into the near-irresistible beat of ‘Default’. It’s a great start and reminds me heavily of The Beta Band, but this is no bad thing. We need more spaceship noises and kindly psychedelica in the world since [...] ( Read more... ) Categories: Records Tags: Django Django

I’ve spent a lot of this month listening to 1998s The Three E.P.s collection by Scottish downtempo, indie pop band The Beta Band. I love the way the band craft their melodies and pace their songs on this album; how … Continue reading →

Art rockers Django Django have released the video to jaunty new single Default. The video, a mix of stop motion filming and animation was created by director Dan Bereton printing out the 4000+ frames of video footage and letting the band paint over them. The results can’t help but remind SupaJam of The Beta Band channelling A-Ha’s Take On Me , which is no bad thing really. Give it a watch and let us know what you think... Django Django release their eponymous debut album at the end of this month Django Django: Default on Nowness.com . Story originally ...

Egyptian electro pop. Indie dancehall. The real wonder of the internet isn’t the genres it’s spawned but the genres it hasn’t – why, with the wonder at their fingertips, do so many bands make such damned polite noises? Yet listening to Django Django, you begin to hear the germ of something distinct, something different. Out shortly, the band’s self-titled debut album is a bizarre mixture of styles held together by the force of their songcraft and the sheer wit with which it is delivered. “It’s a bit like creating a monster because we never ever sat ...

"dry the rain" by the beta band : if you need 6 minutes of chill time, here ya go

From wiki:- The Beta Band formed in 1996 around St Andrews musicians Steve Mason (vocals, guitar) and Gordon Anderson. The two had plans to call their group The Pigeons but later changed their minds. As they pulled together songs for their debut EP, Champion Versions, they added Robin Jones (drums) and John Maclean (DJ, sampler, keyboards). Steve Duffield was the original bassist but quit the band soon after recording Champion Versions. Not long after they were signed to Regal/Parlophone, Anderson became ill and decided to quit the band. He would later produce recordings under the name Lone Pigeon. The ...

From wiki:- Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake.The name Belle & Sebastian comes from Belle et Sébastien, a 1965 children's book by French writer Cécile Aubry, later adapted for television and an anime. Though consistently lauded by critics, Belle & Sebastian's "wistful pop"has enjoyed only limited commercial success. After releasing a number of albums and EPs on Jeepster Records, they are now signed to Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom and Matador Records in the United States. Belle and Sebastian were formed in Glasgow in 1996 by Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David. Together they recorded some demos with Stow College music professor Alan Rankine, which were picked up by the college's Music Business course that produces and releases one single each year on the college's label, Electric Honey. As the band had a number of songs already and the label was extremely impressed with the demos, Belle and Sebastian were allowed to record a full-length album, which was named Tigermilk. Murdoch once described the band as a "product of botched capitalism". Tigermilk was recorded in three days and originally only one thousand copies were pressed on vinyl.These original copies now sell for up to £400. The warm reception the album received inspired Murdoch and David to turn the band into a full-time project, recruiting Stevie Jackson (guitar and vocals), Isobel Campbell (cello/vocals), Chris Geddes (keys) and Richard Colburn (drums) to fill out the group. After the success of the debut album, Belle and Sebastian were signed to Jeepster Records in August 1996 and If You're Feeling Sinister, their second album, was released on 18 November. The album was named by Spin as one of the 100 greatest albums between 1985 and 2005, and is widely considered the band's masterpiece. Just before the recording of Sinister, Sarah Martin (violin/vocals) joined the band. Following this a series of EPs were released in 1997. The first of these was Dog on Wheels, which contained four demo tracks recorded before the real formation of the band. In fact, the only long-term band members to play on the songs were Murdoch, David, and Mick Cooke, who played trumpet on the EP but would not officially join the band until a few years later. It charted at #59 in the UK singles chart. The Lazy Line Painter Jane EP followed in July. The track was recorded in the church where Murdoch lived and features vocals from Monica Queen. The EP narrowly missed out of the UK top 40, peaking at #41. The last of the 1997 EPs was October's 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light. The EP was made Single of the Week in both the NME and Melody Maker and reached #32 in the charts, thus becoming the band's first top 40 single. The band released their third LP, The Boy with the Arab Strap in 1998, and it reached #12 in the UK charts. While often cited by critics as the band's best album, Arab Strap has nonetheless had its detractors. Pitchfork Media gave the album a particularly poor review, calling it a "parody" of their earlier work. In spite of this, the album garnered positive reviews from Rolling Stone, and the Village Voice, among others. During the recording of the album long time studio trumpet-player Mick Cooke was asked to join the band as a full member. The This Is Just a Modern Rock Song EP followed later that year. In 1999 the band were awarded with Best Newcomer (for their third album) at the BRIT Awards, upsetting the much better known acts Steps and 5ive. That same year, the band hosted their own festival, the Bowlie Weekender. Tigermilk was also given a full release by Jeepster before the band started work on their next LP. The result was Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, which became the band's first top 10 album in the UK. A stand-alone single, "Legal Man", reached #15 and gave them their first appearance on Top of the Pops. As the band's popularity and recognition was growing worldwide, their music began appearing in films and on television. The 2000 film High Fidelity mentions the band and features a clip from the song "Seymour Stein" from The Boy with the Arab Strap. Also, the title track from Arab Strap was played over the end credits of the UK television series Teachers. Stuart David soon left the band to concentrate on his side-project, Looper, and his book writing, which included his The Idle Thoughts of a Daydreamer. He was replaced by Bobby Kildea of V-Twin. The "Jonathan David" single – sung by Stevie Jackson – was released in June 2001 and was followed by "I'm Waking Up to Us" in November. "I'm Waking Up to Us" saw the band use an outside producer for the first time. Most of 2002 was spent touring and recording a soundtrack album, Storytelling (for Storytelling by Todd Solondz, a movie which The New York Times has called one of the best 1,000 movies ever made). Campbell left the band in the spring of 2002, in the middle of the band's North American tour. The band left Jeepster in 2002, signing a four album deal with Rough Trade Records. Their first album for Rough Trade, Dear Catastrophe Waitress, was released in 2003, and was produced by Trevor Horn. The album showed a markedly more 'produced' sound compared to their first four LPs,as the band was making a concerted effort to produce more "radio-friendly" music. In spite of this, the album was warmly received, and is credited with returning the band's "indie cred". The album also marked the return of Murdoch as the group's primary songwriter following the poorly-received Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant and Storytelling, both of which were more collaborative than the band's early work. A documentary DVD, Fans Only, was released by Jeepster in October 2003, featuring promotional videos, live clips and unreleased footage. A single from the album, "Step into My Office, Baby" followed in November 2003 – it would be their first single taken from an album. The Thin Lizzy-inspired "I'm a Cuckoo" was the second single from the album. It achieved their highest chart position yet, reaching #14 in the UK. The Books EP followed, a double A-side single lead by "Wrapped Up in Books" from Dear Catastrophe Waitress and the new Your Cover's Blown. This EP became the band's third top 20 UK release and the band went on to be nominated for both the Mercury Music Prize and an Ivor Novello Award. In January 2005, B&S; was voted Scotland's greatest band in a poll by The List, beating Simple Minds, Idlewild, Travis, Franz Ferdinand, and The Proclaimers, among others. In April 2005, members of the band visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with the UK charity War on Want; the group subsequently recorded a song inspired by the trip ...

Whoa, how are they ever going to recover from that name? Not with this single sadly, though it has its moments. In short: jangle-istic indie-pop, likeable but undistinguished. The bottom line? If you like this kind of thing you’re already listening to Wilco or maybe the Beta Band and you’re enjoying it more than you [...]

Tired of lists yet? Sadly I’m not - never have been, never will. So here’s another - highly subjective – albums-of-the-year list to throw on the December scrapheap. This year in addition to the ten below, this year I’ve enjoyed albums from Asva , Awesome Wells , Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo , Beirut , Benjamin Shaw , Bright Eyes , Richard Buckner , Euros Childs , Comet Gain , Jonnie Common , The Decemberists , Dirty Beaches , Doomed Bird of Providence , Eat Lights Become Lights , Christopher Eatough , Emmy The Great , God’s Little Eskimo , Girls Names , H Hawkline , Half Man Half Biscuit , Hannah Peel , Herman Dune , Invisible Elephant ...

London avant-pop outfit Django Django have a new single, "Default", set for release January 16 via Because Music . Stream it below; "Default" will definitely remind a few people of the Beta Band 's glory days. Here's a very heady remix from UK ambient techno duo Walls , too; the single will come with this remix, as well as remixes from JD Twitch and the Horrors ' Tom Furse.

Django Django are set to release their debut album through Because Music on January 30th. Django Django have been around for a while already. Formed during a spell in Art School at Edinburgh, the four piece share a similar twisted, psychedelic sensibility to cult Scottish outfit the Beta Band. Travelling down to London, Django Django have been steadily working on their debut album for over a year. The four piece wrapped up sessions this summer, with Because Music stepping in to help the band. Self-titled, the album is set to drop on January 30th. A striking, inventive introduction 'Django Django ...

The existence of a band like Dark Captain brings to light at least a few peoples' wet dream of a band that, while maintaining their unique mark on every composition, combines elements of Fugazi, The Beta Band and Nick Drake, respectfully. Our first glance at them coincided with their surprise iTunes hit Jealous Enemies from their debut album in 2008 and now they're back with their best album yet.   Dark Captain (formerly know as Dark Captain Light Captain) are a five-piece rock group comprised of Dan Carney (guitar, vocals), Giles Littleford (guitar, vocals), Chin Keeler (drums) , Laura Copsey (brass ...